Egg-beater.



- UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

JOHN A.- HOFFMAN, or CLEVELAND, orno, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM e.BLACK,

. or CLEVELAND, 'oHIo EGG-BEATER.

Patented Jan. 14, 1968.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. H FFMA a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and Datt the action ofwhich ing the handle while the grip State of Ohio, have'invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Egg-Beaters, 'anddo declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to egg heaters, and the invention consists in theconstruction ofthe beater, substantially as shown and de .scribed andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the beaterwith the handle in section lengthwise to disclose the internalconstruction and parts. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the beater handleshowing the cap thereon, and Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3-3, Fig.l. I

As thus shown, the beater consists of-the handle A, the beater B, andincidental or 00- operating parts comprising a s ring C, located in thetop of the handle an adapted to bear endwise against the end of theshank of the beater.

preferably of a single piece of Wire of suitable size and strength andhas a stem or shank formed out of the two ends of the'wire twisted orwound spirally around each other and havin their end bearing or thrustin shield e bottom of the spring 0, said shield or disk having a centralsocket into which the end of the combined shank extends and has itsbearing. Said shank or stem comprising the two twisted wires 3 and 4 ofthe beater passes through a cap or plate E fixed rigidly upon the lowerend of the handle and providedwith a substantially 8 shaped aperture 5,each portion or wing whereof is adapted to receive one of the wires 3and 4 and through workin' together the beater' is rotated is presseddown y the operator. The reverse rotatation is effected by the springliftthereof is maintained by the hand. In this operation each Wire runsin its own portion of the said slot or positively w en the-handle sothat when the handle is gripped by the op-' erator and pressed downupon, thebeater is caused to revolve, and the rate of revolution willdepend upon the degree of pressure. This, of course, compresses spring0, so that when the pressure is released the said spring exerts itspower on the handle and reverses the action of the beater. A guidewasherG is clamped or soldered on the shank of the beater in the handleto form a guide and stop for the shank, thus centering the shank in itsoperations and preventing its withdrawal from the handle. The body orworking portion of the beater comprises two spaced sides or wings 6,respectively, which are parallel to each otherin their main portion andincline toward each other at their top where they rrin into the shank,and the bottom '7 of the beater is horizontal excepting that its centerhas asomewhat abrupt depression 8 to form a bearing or pivot point forthe beater and forms the center of its rotations. This con stitutesessentially the frame of the beater with whipping wings 6, and in orderthat there shall be efi'ective central agitation also to keep the entirebody of liquid in motion, I provide a spirally twisted plate H ofsuitable sheet metal, such as tin, which has a width relatively equal toabout one-third of the space between the two sides 6 of the beater andhas say three twists between its ends, thus throwing different relationsthereof into different angular relations in respect to each other andmaking an effective center piece for the beater," The ends of said plateare constructed each with a pair of hook extensions it formed out of theplate itself and engaged over the wire of the beater and fasten the saidplate firmly in working position. r

This construction of beater. produces a very simple device structurally,with no parts to get out of order and which is easily kept clean and isexceedingly effective in operation.

What I claim'is:

1.An egg-beater having a beater frame and a twisted shank formed of-asingle piece of wire and having parallel beater sides and a horizontalbottom with ce'ntral'pivot point, in combination with ahollow handlehaving a double opening of the shape substantially of figure 8 in itsbottom engaging said twisted stem, a spring in said handle bearing .3-

upon said stem,- and a fixed spirally twisted I formed of a single causesaid beater to rotate in .rections alternately.

mixin strip centrally of said beater.

2. n egg-beater having a beater frame iece of wire-with substantiallparallel sides and a right angled bottom aving a centraldepressionforming a pivot point and inclined top ortions terminating ina s irally wound shan and a strip of twisteds eet metal fixed centrallyin said beater frame from bottom to top, a tubular handle and acap onthe lower end thereof operatively engaging said shank to :reverse di- 3.An egg-beater comprising a beater member formed of a single piece ofwire and having parallel sides Iib and a central bottom depression 8 andthe ends thereof wound abouteach other and forming a shank, incombination with a hollow handle and a spring in the top thereof and asocketed plate beneath said spring forming a bearing forsaid shank, anda cap fixed on the I In testimony whereof Isignthis specification in thepresence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. HOFFMAN. Witnesses E. M. FISHER, F. C. Mossnu.

